East Atlantic

Cold productive waters from the British Isles to Iberia — kelp forests, conger eels, seal colonies.

Species cataloged: 541

Water temperature

10-20°C

Visibility

5-20 m

Best diving season

May-Sep

Top dive destinations

Scapa Flow, Lundy, Costa da Morte

Species in this zone

• Dictyota dichotoma - Forkweed
• Hippocampus guttulatus - Long-snouted seahorse
• Sebastes norvegicus - Golden redfish
• Paracentrotus lividus - Purple sea urchin
• Palinurus elephas - European spiny lobster
• Balistes vetula - Queen triggerfish
• Chromis chromis - Mediterranean damselfish
• Mola mola - Ocean sunfish
• Sargassum vulgare - Common sargassum
• Eunicella singularis - White gorgonian
• Paramuricea clavata - Red gorgonian
• Leptogorgia sarmentosa - Warty gorgonian
• Clibanarius erythropus - Red-legged hermit crab
• Phorcus turbinatus - Turbinate monodont
• Alcyonium acaule - Red Mediterranean hand
• Alcyonium palmatum - Dead man's fingers
• Savalia savaglia - Gold coral
• Parazoanthus axinellae - Yellow cluster anemone
• Anemonia viridis - Snakelocks anemone
• Actinia equina - Beadlet anemone
• Aiptasia mutabilis - Trumpet anemone
• Cribrinopsis crassa - Red rockpool anemone
• Alicia mirabilis - Berried anemone
• Sebastes mentella - Beaked redfish
• Taeniura grabata - Round stingray
• Epinephelus marginatus - Dusky grouper
• Octopus vulgaris - Common octopus
• Scorpaena scrofa - Red scorpionfish
• Sebastes viviparus - Norway redfish
• Hypselodoris picta - Painted hypselodoris